Urbepedia is a wiki about all things urban – the experiences and challenges of city life in the 21st century, the history of cities and ideas about cities, current views on urban design and city planning, urban sustainability, the megacities of the developing world, how technology affects the way we live in cities, citizenship…

In 1800, approximately 3% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. In 1900 it was 14%, and in 2000, 47%. This year the global urban population is in the majority. The importance of creating and managing sustainable and liveable cities cannot be underestimated.

This wiki opens the door to everyone who has knowledge, ideas and experiences about cities to share them in an open forum. The open and collaborative exchange of information of wikis is an ideal model for the 21st century city. Please feel free to contribute to this collaborative effort. If you are new to wikis and Wikia, you can read the Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page and license information by following the links.

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This section is about the planning, design and creation of cities and urban spaces. It can include general information about the process of making cities as well as more specific information about particular projects.

The idea of the City has captured the imagination, from the Biblical Heavenly City to Calvino's Invisible Cities to Batman's Gotham City. This section explores some of the ideas, metaphors and representations of the city.